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Originally Posted by Lee
If this is the case, how come I can browse fine using a proxy on a port other than 80, and how come I can grab a full 128KB/s from a US news server?
Its something to do with the transparent caches and DNS, not a fibre link!
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I suspect NTL routed much of the traffic over the failed cable. I also had problems with my Pipex dial up account. I suspect that by using a 3rd party proxy, the route from you to the proxy did not go via the failed cable, and the route from the proxy to the sites you wished to visit also did not go via the failed cable. i.e. you diverted around the problem
Just my opinion
Alan